Main Stage:

Copenhagen

Performance Dates: October 10– 27, 2024

Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn, provides a fictional account of the meeting between physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr at Bohr’s home in Copenhagen in 1941 during the throes of World War II. Heisenberg and Bohr, accompanied by Bohr’s wife Margrethe, revisit their personal and professional entanglements throughout decades of war, turmoil, and scientific advancement. The trio reenacts and simultaneously analyzes their infamous gathering, weaving in and out of various points in their shared past. For Heisenberg and Bohr, the question will always remain: what will come of the decisions we made?

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COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn / October 10 – 27, 2024

Historical ● Meeting of the Minds

Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr meet at Bohr’s home in Copenhagen in 1941 during the throes of World War II. Heisenberg and Bohr, accompanied by Bohr’s wife Margrethe, revisit their personal and professional entanglements throughout decades of war, turmoil, and scientific advancement. The trio reenacts and simultaneously analyzes their infamous gathering, weaving in and out of various points in their shared past. For Heisenberg and Bohr, the question will always remain: what will come of the decisions we made?

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Directed by Jerome Davis
Lighting by Chris Popowich
Scenery by Xiang Li
Costumes by Matt Snellgrove
Sound by Juan Isler
PSM – George Waller
Tech Director – Barry Jaked

CAST
Lynda Clark
Ian Finley
Brian Linden*

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About the Playwright

Born September 8, 1933, Michael Frayn is an English playwright and novelist best known for his farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. His extensive body of work ranges in form as well as genre, spanning plays, novels, translations, memoirs, and television. After graduating with a degree in Moral Sciences from Emmanuel College of Cambridge in 1957, Frayn went on to work in journalism, writing for The Guardian and The Observer, where he segued into the production of plays and novels. He achieved both popular and critical success for his writing, receiving a Tony Award for Best Play, two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Comedy, and six London Evening Standard Awards, among numerous other accolades. Frayn’s most recent work, Among Others: Friendships and Encounters, published just before his 90th birthday, reflects on a lifetime of relationships and the lasting effects they have imparted. He has two children and is currently married to fellow writer Claire Tomalin. He remains one of the more beloved literary forces in England.

Themes

  • War
  • Nationalism
  • Memory
  • Friendship
  • War
  • Genocide
  • Nuclear Weaponry
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